Washing Machine Won't Spin With Clothes In
Hi
I have an Electrolux washer, however a couple of days ago it seemed to start working fine when empty, however it does not seem to work when we put clothes in it.
I put in a Jacket and it went part way through cycle and then seemed to reset itself back to start of programme and hold itself there.
I tried to spin my jacket (13 minute programme) but machine spun slowley for about 1 minute, stopped for about 1 minute, then slowley again. ( we tried this twice) , and at about the 4 - 5 minute mark again it seemed to reset back to start of programme (ie spin )and hold itself there
I turned machine off, took jacket out, and set to spin whilst empty, and it wizzed round no problem. Waited for it to stop, put jacket in....same senario as above 1 min spin 1 min stop.
Took jacket out, reset to spin, and lo and behold spinning like a spinning top from the 70s.
Finally we set a wash programme (empty) and it seemed to go throughwhole cycle no problem.
So...Is my washer allergic to clothes.
Thankyou all...
PS. I have bet my wife that I can solve this before she rings a washer repair man....so my faith is in you...
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Electrolux washer spins empty but not with a single item load
- The problem
- The washing machine completed spin and wash programmes when empty, but with a jacket inside it only turned slowly, paused repeatedly, then appeared to return to the start of the programme and stay there.
- Likely cause
- The accepted reply points to the machine not spinning properly with one item or a very small load. This suggests an out-of-balance or load-detection issue with small/single-item loads, rather than a fault confirmed by testing.
- What fixed it
- Avoid testing with just one item or a very small load and try a normal balanced load. No specific component repair was documented in the discussion.
- Checks to try
- Machine spun normally on a spin programme when empty
- Machine appeared to complete a wash programme when empty
- With one jacket in, spin was slow, paused, and then seemed to reset to the start of the programme
- The same behaviour happened repeatedly with the jacket fitted
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